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Shelly Walpole

GBR Plays: Right-Handed WTA Tour years active: 1981–1984

Shelly Walpole represented the United Kingdom on the WTA Tour. In TennisDB's records, Shelly Walpole finished with a career record of 14–12 and one singles title. Weekly WTA ranking coverage before 1984 is incomplete outside audited No. 1 and year-end Top 10 anchors.

Peak ranking

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Elo peak

1619 (40th percentile)

Career record

14–12 (53.8%)

Career titles

Prize money

$16,534

Records cover recorded main-draw singles results in TennisDB's WTA event archive, including credited walkovers; qualifying is shown separately below.

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WTA Matches full match log →

Shelly Walpole's recent, live, and scheduled WTA matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Wendy Turnbull #12	3-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jun 27, 1984*	R128	Wimbledon	Grand Slam	Grass
Anne White #37	1-6 0-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jun 13, 1984*	R64	Birmingham	WTA 250	Grass
Catherine Tanvier	5-7 0-6	L	H2H	Match data	Oct 28, 1983*	R16	Porsche Tennis Grand Prix	WTA 250	Carpet
Sabina Simmonds	3-6 7-6 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 27, 1983*	R32	Porsche Tennis Grand Prix	WTA 250	Carpet
Elizabeth Minter	2-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Sep 15, 1983*	R32	Salt Lake City	WTA 250	Hard

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Shelly Walpole's most-played WTA rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Masako Yanagi	1	1	2	Apr 30, 1982	H2H
Kate Brasher	0	2	2	Apr 25, 1982	H2H
Wendy Turnbull	0	1	1	Jun 27, 1984	H2H
Anne White	0	1	1	Jun 13, 1984	H2H
Catherine Tanvier	0	1	1	Oct 28, 1983	H2H

Titles (1)

Shelly Walpole titles by season and category
Season	Titles	GS	WTA 1000 including documented historical predecessor categories	WTA 500 including documented historical predecessor categories	WTA 250 including documented historical predecessor categories	WTA Finals	Tournaments
1982	1	—	—	—	1	—	Lee-On-Solent
Total	1	—	—	—	1	—

Asterisked totals include editions mapped from documented historical predecessor categories. Mapping details.

Career Results

Shelly Walpole career results by season
Season	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1981	1	2	3	33.3%	—	—
1982	12	5	17	70.6%	—	—
1983	1	3	4	25.0%	—	—
1984	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—
Career	14	12	26	53.8%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Shelly Walpole career results by season and surface
Season	Hard				Clay				Grass				Carpet				Total
Season	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1981	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%
1982	—	—	—	—	5	1	6	83.3%	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—	—	—	12	5	17	70.6%
1983	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	1	3	4	25.0%
1984	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%
Career	0	2	2	0.0%	6	2	8	75.0%	0	4	4	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	14	12	26	53.8%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Shelly Walpole career results by season and opponent rank
Season	1-10				11-30				31-100				100+				Total
Season	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1984	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%
Career	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%

Opponent ranking data available for 2/26 (7.7%) of Shelly Walpole's WTA main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Shelly Walpole advanced statistics by season
Season	Elo	P+	Serve+	Return+	PD	TPW%	Hard Elo	Clay Elo	Grass Elo	Set Win %	Set Margin	Dec. Set	Tiebreak	Pressure+	Schedule
1981	1484	95.6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	33.3%	-1.83	—	0–1	—	+0.74
1982	1594	119.4	—	—	—	—	—	+20	—	69.2%	+1.51	2–3 (40%)	0–1	—	+1.26
1983	1588	105.4	—	—	—	—	-6	—	—	22.2%	-2.67	1–0	1–0	—	-0.06
1984	1577	103.7	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-4.50	—	—	—	-0.35
Career	1619	112.8	—	—	—	—	-6	+20	—	53.4%	+0.10	3–3 (50%)	1–2 (33%)	99.6	+6.12

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Shelly Walpole Grand Slams results by season
Season	W	USO	W-L Win %
1982	R128	—	0–1 (0%)
1983	—	R128	0–1 (0%)
1984	R128	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–3 (0%)

WTA 250

Shelly Walpole WTA 250 results by season
Season	EAS	BIR	POR	HAM	LEE	NOR	SAL	SOU	WES	W-L Win %
1981	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	R32	1–2 (33%)
1982	R64	—	—	R16	W	SF	—	—	F	12–4 (75%)
1983	—	—	R16	—	—	—	R32	—	—	1–2 (33%)
1984	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	2–1 (67%)	3–0 (100%)	3–1 (75%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	4–2 (67%)	14–9 (61%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

WTA Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

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Career-high date

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First Top 100

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First Top 50

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First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

No ranking history available.

Data coverage: Weekly WTA ranking snapshots are unavailable before 1984. Audited official No. 1 change dates and year-end Top 10 ranks are included, but weekly counts and ranks outside those anchors remain incomplete.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which country does Shelly Walpole represent?: Shelly Walpole represents United Kingdom in TennisDB's WTA records.
Is Shelly Walpole left-handed or right-handed?: Shelly Walpole plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slams has Shelly Walpole won?: Shelly Walpole has not won a Grand Slam title.
How many WTA 1000 titles has Shelly Walpole won?: TennisDB does not group any of Shelly Walpole's titles under the modern WTA 1000 category.
How many WTA titles has Shelly Walpole won?: Shelly Walpole has won 1 WTA singles title across all categories. The most recent was Lee-On-Solent in 1982.
What is Shelly Walpole's career win-loss record?: Shelly Walpole has a career WTA singles record of 14 wins and 12 losses (53.8%).
How much career prize money has Shelly Walpole earned?: Shelly Walpole has earned at least $16,534 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Shelly Walpole's career appear in TennisDB?: Shelly Walpole appears in TennisDB's WTA main-tour match records from 1981 through 1984.
Who has Shelly Walpole faced most often?: Shelly Walpole's most frequent opponent is Masako Yanagi, with a head-to-head record of 1–1 across 2 meetings.